The Giz Wiz Show 1655, December 29th 2017 Independent Show #138

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A Gadget That Looked Too Good To Be True ---

I was searching for a combo smoke/CO 2 detector when I came across what I thought was “a real winner!” I mean look at those reviews for the badly named Labvon Smoke Detector, Smoke Alarm Clock Carbon Monoxide Detector with Voice and Flash Light Warning. Five stars! It was only 5 stars from 77 people when I first looked, but as of noon 12/28/17 it's 108 reviews - still all 5 stars. How can that be. I thought something might be wrong, so I figured, let's see over how long a period of months the reviews were written. Hmmm...they all seem to be written December 2017. Then I started to read of the reviews and they weren't even about the Labvon Smoke Detector. Many of them refer to it as the NEST! Many says they love how it connects to their smart phone. But the Labvon description says nothing about that. Also the Nest is like $100+ and the Labvon is about $23.00. Then the ultimate WHAT??... On Amazon you can filter reviews by different categories. I picked “reviews from verified people” or something like that. It means reviews from people who bought the item on Amazon. Surprise! “No results”. So out of those 108 reviews, not one of them purchased the unit on Amazon. Needless to say, I didn't buy the Labvon device. Something very strange is going on there, so how can I be sure the rest of the info about the smoke/CO detector are correct.

UPDATE:  Listing is gone.

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